Louise Bennett-Coverley
Actor, Author
1919 – 2006
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Who was Louise Bennett-Coverley?
Louise Simone Bennett-Coverley or Miss Lou, OM, OJ, MBE, was a Jamaican poet, folklorist, writer, and educator. Writing and performing her poems in what was known as Jamaican Patois or Creole, she was instrumental in having this "dialect" of the people given literary recognition in its own right. She is located at the heart of the Jamaican poetic tradition, and has influenced other popular Caribbean poets, including Mutabaruka, Linton Kwesi Johnson, and Paul Keens-Douglas.
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- Born
- Sep 7, 1919
Kingston - Also known as
- Louise Simone Bennett-Coverley
- Miss Lou, OM, OJ, MBE
- Luise Bennett
- Dr. Louise Bennett-Coverly
- Honourable Louise Bennett-Coverly
- Louise Bennett
- Spouses
- Eric Winston Coverley
(1954/05/30 - 2002/08/07)
- Eric Winston Coverley
- Children
- Nationality
- Jamaica
- Profession
- Education
- Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
- Died
- Jul 26, 2006
Toronto
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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